The Fourth of July may be over, however there have been loads of Minor League fireworks left over. Everson Pereira checked off the milestone field, hitting for a cycle throughout the perfect total efficiency of his skilled profession. In the meantime, Prime 100 prospect Owen Caissie cracked two extra lengthy balls, Zyhir Hope loved a grand Saturday and Zach Cole made it seven homers in six video games.
Zyhir Hope, OF, Nice Lakes (LAD No. 2/MLB No. 37)Hope’s spectacular season for Excessive-A Nice Lakes continued with the Virginia native slugging his first skilled grand slam. The 20-year-old has pushed in eight runs in 5 video games this month and his 54 RBIs are third within the Midwest League. Hope, who’s slashing .297/.398/.480 with 31 extra-base hits in 77 video games, has been particularly harmful with the bases loaded this yr, going 6-for-17 (.353) with 15 RBIs. Gameday
Owen Caissie, OF, Iowa (CHC No. 1/MLB No. 43)Caissie’s latest energy surge continued with one other multihomer recreation, his second in three video games, to carry his lengthy ball whole to 16. The 22-year-old has been red-hot for the reason that calendar flipped to June, mashing 9 homers and placing collectively a .337/.450/.717 slash line, 17 extra-base hits and 19 RBIs in 26 video games. Caissie’s 16 lengthy balls are tied for fourth finest within the Triple-A Worldwide League. Gameday
Cam Caminiti, LHP, Augusta (ATL No. 1/MLB No. 61)Caminiti was restricted to a few innings, however the 2024 first-rounder made essentially the most of his time on the mound. The 18-year-old struck out six, scattered 4 hits and a stroll and tossed 47 of his 61 pitches for strikes. Caminiti has been piling up the strikeouts in bunches in latest weeks. The Arizona native fanned 15 over his first 13 2/3 innings (4 begins) however has racked up 28 Okay’s in his previous 18 1/3 frames (5 begins) for Single-A Augusta. Gameday
Hunter Barco, LHP, Indianapolis (PIT No. 3/MLB No. 80)Barco adopted up a pair of sturdy begins with a good higher one, twirling six one-hit frames and placing out seven for Triple-A Indianapolis. The Florida product surrendered a fourth-inning double and three walks throughout his 90-pitch effort, producing 14 whiffs on 42 swings. Barco has surrendered only one run over his previous 18 innings (three begins), bringing his ERA to three.11 at Triple-A and 1.85 total. Gameday
George Klassen, RHP, Rocket Metropolis (LAA No. 3)Klassen put a tough month of pitching behind him with one among his finest begins of the season to open July. The 23-year-old equaled a season excessive with 9 strikeouts and surrendered one run and two hits over 5 innings. Klassen tossed 86 pitches (50 strikes) and generated a whopping 21 whiffs on 37 swings. The Minnesota product has 66 punchouts in 52 2/3 innings spanning 14 begins for Double-A Rocket Metropolis. Gameday
Ryan Johnson, RHP, Tri-Metropolis (LAA No. 7)Johnson, who opened his professional profession as a Main Leaguer, delivered arguably the Minors’ finest all-around pitching efficiency of the season for Excessive-A Tri-Metropolis. The 22-year-old allowed one hit and twirled a nine-inning shutout with a career-high 12 strikeouts. Johnson surrendered a single to the third batter he confronted earlier than setting down 25 successive opponents. The Dallas Baptist product has a 1.99 ERA, an 0.92 WHIP and a 61-to-10 Okay/BB ratio in 54 1/3 Minor League innings. Gameday
Everson Pereira, OF, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (NYY No. 12)Pereira loved a career-best efficiency on the plate, hitting for the cycle throughout his second five-hit recreation as a professional. The native of Venezuela homered twice — and virtually hit a 3rd — whereas racking up six RBIs and scoring 4 occasions. Pereira, who has 93 Main League at-bats to his credit score, has already matched his dwelling run (3) and RBI (11) totals from June this month. The 24-year-old leads Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in lengthy balls with 15 and is second with an .870 OPS. Gameday
Zach Cole, OF, Corpus Christi (HOU No. 19)There is not a warmer energy hitter within the Minors for the time being than Cole, who went deep for a fourth consecutive recreation. The 24-year-old now has 13 lengthy balls, with seven coming in his previous six video games. Cole has gone 10-for-26 (.385) with eight extra-base hits and 15 RBIs in that span. The Ball State product has already surpassed his dwelling run whole (11) from a yr in the past and is six shy of matching his profession excessive of 19 established in 2023. Gameday
